Gardening can be good for your health, and here are some of the ways it can help:

1. Can reduce the risk of stroke

2. Burns calories

3. Helpful with weight maintenance/reduces heart disease

4. Gardening can decrease the likelihood of osteoporosis

5. Gardening is a stress buster

6. Being surrounded by flowers can improve your health because flowers are a natural moderator of mood and have an immediate impact on happiness

7. Gardening can be a way of making meaning out of our lives

8. Digging in the soil can have health and mood boosting benefits